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Professor James Cronin

Professor in Marketing and Consumer Culture Studies

  1. Published

    Market-Mediated Authenticity and the Emergence of Modern Branding Practices: Liberty of London, 1875-1900

    Alexander, N., Doherty, A. M. & Cronin, J., 10/09/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  2. Published

    Transformational Retailing and the Emergence of a Modern Brand: Liberty of London, 1875-1900

    Alexander, N., Doherty, A. M. & Cronin, J., 31/12/2020, In: History of Retailing and Consumption . 6, 2, p. 78-96 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Charismatic authority and the YouTuber: unpacking the new cults of personality

    Cocker, H. L. & Cronin, J. M., 1/12/2017, In: Marketing Theory. 17, 4, p. 455-472 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Money, mavens, time, and price search: modelling the joint creation of utilitarian and hedonic value in grocery shopping

    Collins, A., Kavanagh, E., Cronin, J. & George, R., 2014, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 30, 7-8, p. 719-746 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    From store brands to store brandscapes: the emergence of a time and money saving heuristic

    Collins, A., Cronin, J., Burt, S. & George, R., 2015, In: European Journal of Marketing. 49, 5-6, p. 894-918 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Covert distinction: how hipsters practice food-based resistance strategies in the production of identity

    Cronin, J., McCarthy, M. & Collins, A., 2013, In: Consumption, Markets and Culture.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Preventing Game Over: a study of the situated food choice influences within the videogames subculture

    Cronin, J. & McCarthy, M., 2011, In: Journal of Social Marketing. 1, 2, p. 133-153 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Choose your Poison: Dysfunctional food-related behaviours and the experience of health risk across two communities of consumption

    Cronin, J., 2012.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  9. Published

    Paradox, performance and food: managing difference in the construction of femininity

    Cronin, J., McCarthy, M., Newcombe, M. & McCarthy, S., 2014, In: Consumption, Markets and Culture. 17, 4, p. 367-391 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The bigger society: considering lived consumption experiences in managing social change around obesity

    Cronin, J., McCarthy, M., Brennan, M. & McCarthy, S., 2014, In: European Journal of Marketing. 48, 9/10, p. 1558-1778 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Creeping edgework: carnivalesque consumption and the social experience of health risk

    Cronin, J., McCarthy, M. & Collins, A., 11/2014, In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 36, 8, p. 1125-1140 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Unpublished

    Problematizing the need for warm proximity: a note on the interpretive potential and social interventionism of watching documentary film

    Cronin, J. & Hopkinson, G., 2015, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

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    Deconstructing consumer discipline: how self-management is experienced in the marketplace

    Cronin, J., McCarthy, M. & Delaney, M., 1/11/2015, In: European Journal of Marketing. 49, 11-12, p. 1902-1922 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Bodysnatching in the marketplace: Market-focused health activism and compelling narratives of dys-appearance

    Cronin, J. M. & Hopkinson, G. C., 09/2018, In: Marketing Theory. 18, 3, p. 269-286 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. E-pub ahead of print

    Lifeway Alibis: The biographical bases for unruly bricolage

    Cronin, J. M. & Malone, S., 18/07/2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marketing Theory. 19, 2, p. 129-147 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Managing Collective Effervescence: 'Zomsumption’ and Postemotional Fandom

    Cronin, J. M. & Cocker, H. L., 1/09/2019, In: Marketing Theory. 19, 3, p. 281-299 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The Ideological Origins of Marketplace Oases

    Cronin, J., Alexander, N. & Doherty, A. M., 9/05/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  18. Published

    Eating right in America: the cultural politics of food and health

    Cronin, J., 30/06/2014, In: Consumption, Markets and Culture. 17, 6, p. 609-612 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

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    Lunch of the last human: Nutritionally complete food and the fantasies of market-based progress

    Cronin, J. & Fitchett, J., 1/03/2021, In: Marketing Theory. 21, 1, p. 3-24 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Consumer culture theory and its contented discontent: an interview with Søren Askegaard

    Cronin, J. & Fitchett, J., 31/01/2022, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 38, 1-2, p. 127-144 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  21. Published

    Plastic: a passengerial marketplace icon

    Cronin, J., Hadley, C. & Skandalis, A., 30/09/2022, In: Consumption, Markets and Culture. 25, 5, p. 485-497 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  22. Published

    The Little Book of Plastics in Everyday Life

    Cronin, J., Piacentini, M., Skandalis, A., Hardy, J., Stowell, A., Hadley, C., Verma, S., Hendry, L., Ferri, M. & Saltalippi, M., 11/05/2022, Lancaster: Imagination Lancaster. 40 p. (Little Books)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

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    Market mutton dressed as ÜberLamb: Diagnosing the commodification of self-overcoming

    Cronin, J., Fitchett, J. & Coffin, J., 1/09/2024, In: Marketing Theory. 24, 3, p. 525-544 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Four Corners of the Unsettling: The more-than-uncanniness of consumer culture

    Cronin, J. & James, S., 30/11/2024, In: Consumption, Markets and Culture. 27, 3, p. 251-268 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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  28. E-pub ahead of print

    Consumer Culture Gothica: Marx’s phantasmaterialist influence on critical consumer research

    Cronin, J. & James, S., 15/05/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Consumption, Markets and Culture.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    De-romanticising the market: Advances in Consumer Culture Theory

    Fitchett, J. & Cronin, J., 31/03/2022, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 38, 1-2, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  32. Published

    Meat consumption and plastic packaging

    Hadley, C., Cronin, J., Skandalis, A., Hardy, J., Hendry, L., Piacentini, M., Saltalippi, M., Stowell, A. (Artist) & Verma, S. (Artist), 20/07/2021

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  33. Published

    Special Issue: Enabling Research in Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging

    Hardy, J., Stowell, A., Mumford, C., Piacentini, M., Cronin, J., Hadley, C., Hendry, L., Skandalis, A., Verma, S. & Saltalippi, M., 31/12/2022, In: Polymer International. 71, 12, p. 1367-1369 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  34. Published

    Going Bananas

    Hendry, L., Verma, S., Hardy, J., Piacentini, M., Cronin, J., Hadley, C., Saltalippi, M., Skandalis, A. & Stowell, A. (Artist), 26/07/2021

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

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    High-fidelity consumption and the claustropolitan structure of feeling

    Hoang, Q., Cronin, J. & Skandalis, A., 1/03/2022, In: Marketing Theory. 22, 1, p. 85-104 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    The function of Abstinence within Networks of Desire: Digital Detox and Technology's Present Absence

    Hoang, Q., Cronin, J. & Skandalis, A., 10/06/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  39. Published

    Futureless Vicissitudes: Gestural Anti-consumption and the Reflexively Impotent (Anti-)Consumer

    Hoang Ngoc , Q., Cronin, J. & Skandalis, A., 31/12/2023, In: Marketing Theory. 23, 4, p. 585 - 606

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    "When people take action ...": mainstreaming malcontent and the role of the celebrity institutional entrepreneur

    Hopkinson, G. & Cronin, J., 10/2015, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 31, 13-14, p. 1383-1402 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Forthcoming

    Bewitching the Blob: A Hauntology of Witches in the Marketplace

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 6/04/2022, (Accepted/In press).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  42. Published

    On Managing Dartainment Responsibly: A hauntological critique of marketised deathscapes

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 10/11/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  43. Published

    A Hauntology of the Witch’s Re-Enchantment

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 9/11/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Abstractpeer-review

  44. Published

    Revenants in the Marketplace: A Hauntology of Retrocorporation

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 1/09/2024, In: Marketing Theory. 24, 3, p. 397-416 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Accounting for the Lack of Lack: Fetishistic Disavowal within Networks of Desire

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 28/07/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  46. Published

    Revisiting Thana-Tourism: The Hauntological Encounter as ‘Obscene Supplement’

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 30/06/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  47. Published

    “If You Like Your History Horrible”: The Obscene Supplementarity of Thanatourism

    James, S., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 1/05/2024, In: Annals of Tourism Research. 106, 103749.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    A New Era of Cyber Dark Tourism

    James, S. & Cronin, J., 24/02/2025, In: 54 Degrees (LUMS Magazine). 22, p. 18-20 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineContribution to Magazine with ISSN

  49. Published

    Mapping the Extended Frontiers of Escapism: Binge-watching and Hyperdiegetic Exploration

    Jones, S., Cronin, J. M. & Piacentini, M. G., 2018, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 34, 5-6, p. 497-508 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    The Interrupted World: Surrealist disruption and altered escapes from reality

    Jones, S., Cronin, J. & Piacentini, M., 1/12/2020, In: Marketing Theory. 20, 4, p. 459-480 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Celebrity brand break-up: Fan experiences of para-loveshock

    Jones, S., Cronin, J. & Piacentini, M., 30/06/2022, In: Journal of Business Research. 145, p. 720-731 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Dissemination of Academic Research Using Visual Methods

    McFarlane, A., Yannopoulou, N., Chandrasapth, K., Kelsey, D., Jones, S., Cronin, J., Piacentini, M., Cléret, B., Porteous, H., Wilson, J. & Hamilton, K., 21/06/2024, Visual Methods in Marketing and Consumer Research. Kawaf, F. & Dekel-Dachs, O. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 165-194 30 p. (Routledge Studies in Marketing).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    "Eat like a man": a social constructionist analysis of the role of food in men’s lives

    Newcombe, M., McCarthy, M., Cronin, J. & McCarthy, S., 2012, In: Appetite. 59, 2, p. 391-398 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    From One Edge to the Next: Situating Edgework Within Consumer Life Course Journeys

    Obeada, I., Cronin, J. & Piacentini, M., 3/07/2024, Proceedings of Academy of Marketing 2024 Annual Conference . Strong, C., Bosangit, C., Koenig-Lewis, N., Lee, Z., Moldes Andres, O. & Rosier, E. (eds.). Cardiff University: Academy of Marketing, 93

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNAbstract

  57. Forthcoming

    Post-consumption Communities in Recoverism and Art

    Obeada, I., Cronin, J. & Piacentini, M., 20/03/2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of Academy of Marketing 2025 Annual Conference. Academy of Marketing

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNAbstract

  58. Forthcoming

    From edgework to edgeworking: the interplay of risk and the life course

    Obeada, I., Cronin, J. & Piacentini, M., 21/05/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Sociology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Fantasy Football and semio-capitalism: The hyperstitional dynamics of consumer escapism

    O'Leary, K., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 10/06/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  60. Published

    'Who got the assist' - Fantasy Football and a New Age of Football Fandom

    O'Leary, K., Cronin, J. & Patterson, A., 5/07/2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  61. Published

    Plastic Packaging in People's Lives: Bridging the attitude behaviour gap

    Piacentini, M., Stowell, A., Cronin, J., Skandalis, A., Hendry, L., Hardy, J., Hadley, C., Saltalippi, M. & Verma, S., 18/03/2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

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    The Paradox of Plastic Packaging

    Piacentini, M., Stowell, A., Hadley, C., Mumford, C., Verma, S., Cronin, J., Hardy, J., Hendry, L. & Skandalis, A., 14/04/2025, Routledge Companion to Marketing and Sustainability . Peattie, K., De Angelis, R., Koenig-Lewis , N. & Strong, C. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

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    A taste for waste: Situating unsustainable consumption within practices & social structures

    Skandalis, A., Cronin, J., Hadley, C., Piacentini, M., Hardy, J., Hendry, L., Mumford, C., Razak, G., Stowell, A. & Verma, S., 16/06/2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

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    Event Blog: The Future of Recycling | IPT

    Stowell, A., Piacentini, M. (Other), Cronin, J. (Other), Hadley, C. (Other), Hardy, J. (Other), Hendry, L. (Other), Mumford, C. (Other) & Skandalis, A. (Other), 14/03/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

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    Plastic Packaging in Peoples Lives Malaysia Pilot: Household and Waste Management Practices

    Stowell, A., Piacentini, M., Brunclikova, L., Cronin, J., Skandalis, A., Fujimoto, Y., Ooi, P. B., Gew, L. T., Hardy, J. & Hendry, L., 19/03/2025

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

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    Plastic Packaging in People's Lives Malaysia Pilot: Household and Waste Management Practices (infographic)

    Stowell, A., Piacentini, M., Brunclikova, L., Cronin, J., Skandalis, A., Fujimoto, Y., Ooi, P. B., Gew, L. T., Hardy, J. & Hendry, L., 19/03/2025, Zenodo.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

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    To Cast a Long Shadow: Theorising the Perseverance of Identity Vestiges

    Wang, S., Cronin, J. M. & Hogg, M. K., 28/06/2018.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

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